Placental Peripartum Pathologies in Women with Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

Table 5

Distribution of histological findings in relation to clinical severity of preeclampsia (PE) and non-preeclampsia groups.

Histological findings	Mild PE, (%)	Severe PE, (%)	Eclampsia, (%)	Control, (%)	value of mild PE, severe PE, and eclampsia, resp.
Stromal oedema	5 (35.7)	24 (61.5)	2 (25.0)	55 (45.1)	0.500; 0.070; 0.460
Stromal fibrosis	7 (50.0)	19 (48.7)	3 (37.5)	38 (31.1)	0.260; 0.070; 0.990
Syncytial knots	7 (50.0)	17 (43.6)	5 (62.5)	35 (28.7)	0.120; 0.070; 0.070
Cytotrophoblastic proliferation	6 (42.9)	28 (71.8)	6 (75.0)	31 (25.4)	0.280; 0.001; 0.010
Accelerated villous maturation	8 (57.1)	27 (69.2)	6 (75.0)	38 (31.1)	0.100; 0.001; 0.001
Decidual arteriopathy	9 (64.3)	30 (76.9)	7 (87.5)	43 (35.2)	0.670; 0.001; 0.001